Heads Will Roll: Reforged

RPGs and Roguelikes are like peanut butter and jelly; they are meant to be together. Imagine creating your character since it’s just a weak wannabe warrior and take them to be the best warrior you’ve imagined while creating your own path and taking your own decisions rather than going in a straight path you have to follow. That’s what Heads Will Roll: Reforged is about.

Heads Will Roll: Reforged is an RPG, Roguelike game where you start being an ordinary soldier trapped in a big war, with the sole mission of surviving. But thanks to your own skill and the upgrades and loot you’ll find in the war, you manage to be the best knight ever seen in a war. Let’s check it out.

The Hundred-Year War For Survival

This game takes place in the Hundred-Year War, where the kingdoms of France and England had a fierce battle. Here, you are just a footman who had the fatal luck of being a soldier. Eventually, you’ll be battling not only against the opposite force but also against fatigue, the lack of skills with weapons, the injuries, and the traumas you might have because of the war.

Heads Will Roll: Reforged is a Turn-based RPG, and whenever you engage in battles, the damage you’ll do against your enemies and the damage you receive from them will be determined by your own skills, the injuries you have had during previous battles, the fatigue of being in a war, etc.

If you lose, you’ll have to start all over again, but if you win, you can loot, which lets you get enough gold and weapons to make yourself a better knight, pretty much like in a Roguelike.

Now, if you want to survive, you’ll have to be good at taking loot. They’ll be important as you’ll find healing items and supplies to hang on the battlefield. Knowing how all the weapons work is also important; there are weapons with a better range than others, and this can mark the difference between a win and a loss.

Medieval Ladies

Heads Will Roll: Reforged isn’t only an RPG; you’ll also be able to interact with a plethora of characters. Most of them are other warriors, but there are also ladies who want to have some action with you as you are the knight in shining armor.

But that’s only if you take the correct decisions, as this game’s story will depend on the decisions you make. It’s like Fallout; you’ll only be able to stick with certain people if you treat them as they want to be treated.

Pros

• There’s a lot of replayability
• The story is interesting

Cons

• The character design is generic
• The models sometimes have uncanny faces